Punjab: With the arrival of 22,345 MT of wheat, the total procurement so far this season touched the 6.25 lakh MT mark on Tuesday. District mandi officials said government agencies purchased 22,565 metric tons on Tuesday, while private traders purchased 1,325 metric tons.
Four state government agencies and one central government agency have procured a total of 5.74 lakh metric tonnes so far. Private traders have purchased only 47,611 metric tonnes this season. With total procurement of 6.22 lakh metric tonnes, only negligible quantity of the crop remains unsold so far.
Mandi officials said that since the moisture content of the grain was within the permissible limits at the time of arrival of the produce, it was being purchased on the same day.
Meanwhile, a total of 21,247 MT purchased stock was lifted from grain markets today, taking the total grain lifted to 3.06 MT. However, about 51 per cent of the total purchased stocks are still lying in the grain markets.
While the grain markets of Attari have the lowest stock (yet to be lifted) of 24 per cent, Chogawan has the highest stock of 60 per cent still lying in the mandis. Officials said efforts are being made to speed up the lifting process but they are not getting the desired results due to lack of manpower and transportation facilities.
